Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-15
THE STATE.
Michigan Crop Report.

The secretary of state has furnished the
following statement of acreage and yield
OF wheat and condition of other crops At
the time the supervisors took the assess
ment last spring, the area in wheat in
southern counties was l,4lI, so acres; in
central counties 203, no acres; in northern
counties 34,9Si acres. Correspondents
estimate the yield per acre in southern
counties at thirteen bushels, in central
counties at fifteen bushels and in northern
counties at fourteen and three tourths
bushels. IL the estimates prove substan-
italy accurate, the total yield in the state
will be about 2l,6l0,UO bushels. In esti
mating the yield, correspondents have un-
doubtedly used their best judgment, yet
the condition of the crop at the time OF
harvest was such that reliable estimates
were impossible. IL Is believed that thresh-
ings alone can furnish "A correct statement
of tie yield per acre. large percentage
OF the crop particularly IN southern coun-
ties, was tattened 10 the ground, the result
OF injury by Hessian fly. Nearly five
slXths of reports from the southern four
tiers Of counties show damage from this
pest, aud not a county is exempt. The
damage is estimated at from two
per cent in Lapeer, six in st. Clair, ten in
Oakland and twelve in Genesee, HillsGale
anu " NtOiitD, All uOIIntdNltTn COuHiitS
except Hllisdaie, TO thirty-tive in lngham
anu Jackson, tn rty-seVen in Washtenaw
and thirty eight in Livingston The dam
age by fly Is not rs great in the central
aud northern counties as in the southern.
at least at the time reports were made.
On July the damage WIS not so apparent.
The wheat crop OF lSou amounted TO 2G54l-
l3l bushels; the average yield per acre IN
southern counties was In bushels In
central counties rs bushels and in northern
h.. for f1a
state was II bushels. Number of bushels
OF wheat reported marketed in the month
OF June is 2i3 164; number of bushels mar
keted since August |, 1856, Is l2.G0'O5 ..
The condition OF other crops compared
with vita ity and growth OF average years
for the state is as,foliows; Corn, % per cent;
oats %; barley, %, clover meadows and
pa lures, s., timothy, meadows and pas
lures, -; clover SoWed tins year, "A per
cent; apples in the southern four tiers of
counties promise % per cent; IN the cen
trai counties "a per cent inthe northern
counties s. per cent, of an average crop.
Regarding the State Fair.
Secretary Sterling of the Michigan state
agricultural society, has issued the an
nua, premium list for the thirty ninth
state fair 70 be held at Jackson, beginning
Monday, September 80, and closing Fri
day, September %, together with the pre-
MUM list for the eighteenth annual fair
of the Michigan horticultural society
which viii be held at the same place and
time. The premium list book is pam
ph,Ct OF about 100 pages, containing on
every page valuable Information for pat
rons of the fair. The ru.es regulations,
price OF admission, etc, remain substan-
italy the same a, last year Entries for
live animals aud farm implements close
September other exhibits must be en-
tered prior TO September H. The safe
plan for persons 20 pursue who expect to
exhibit any articles or animals is 10 write
10 the secretary for a premium list book.
Address j. G. sterling Monroe, Mich.
prior TO eptember :, after that date he
will be in jackson. Information regard
ing railroad transportation will be fur
nished 10y secretary Sterling.